Question 13 - Gap Filling (with Past Year Questions) - Grammar - English Class 10

This question asked in [CBSE Outside Delhi Set II, 2017]

Complete the paragraph given below by filling in the blanks with the help of options that follows: 

Last year I visited the same spot     1    . I was not     2     a cycle. I saw that many buildings     3   .  been built on     4    . banks of the Ganga.

1. (A) as (B) for (C) even if (D) but

2. (A) ride (B) rides (C) rode (D) riding

3. (A) has (B) have (C) had (D) having

4. (A) a (B) an (C) the (D) some

Answer

(1)  

• (a) as - not relevant
• (b) for - not relevant
• (c) even if  -  this is correct
• (d) but - not relevant

Since the sentence is telling about an event that has occurred irrespective of any certain conditions, ‘even if’ will be used

So, the correct answer is “(c)-even if”

(2)  

• (a) rides - used with singular pronouns
• (b) ride - not used with continuous tense
• (c) rode - not used with continuous tense
• (d) riding -  this is correct

Since the sentence is in the past continuous tense, ‘ing’ will be added with the verb. So, ‘riding’ will be used.

So, the correct answer is “(d)-riding”.

(3)  

• (a) has - not used with past tense
• (b) had -  this is correct  
• (c) have - not used with past tense
• (d) having- not used with perfect tense

Since the sentence is in past perfect tense , ‘had’ will be used.

So, the correct answer is “(b)-had”.

(4)  

• (a) a - not used with specific things
• (b) an - not used with specific things
• (c) the  -  this is correct
• (d) some - only used when quantity is talked about

Since the sentence is talking about banks of a specific river, ‘the’ will be used.

So, the correct answer is “(c)-the”.

Thus the correct paragraph is

Last year I visited the same spot even if I was not riding a cycle. I saw that many buildings had   been built on the banks of the Ganga.